justdrastik1

A lot of work still left to be done.. But how would you compare/rank this team to some of our more successful teams in the past.. I'm focusing on talent/depth and not ultimate success as that is still TBD. Curious about your thoughts?

no doubt that it's great exposure...

We've seen how reliable preseason rankings have been. Look at this year. In conferences like the AE, where i think there is more parity (except for say a team or two), I would take it with a grain of salt. Same with the last 2 years, where we finished 4th/5th, and most certainly weren't expected to win the AE tourney either time. Also, I bet if you went back 10 years, the preseason #1 from the AE rarely wins the conference tournament. In 06' expectations may have been high, but expecting the team to play well in conference and ALSO win the AE tournament are two different things. In a one-bid conference, winning the conference regular season title is nice for a banner, but outside of that, pales in comparison to making the big dance. I think we can look back and say we expected them to win in 06', but as someone who was at a lot of the games, the promise was there, but the jump to D1 wasn't that far removed, and we were coming off a season where we were 13-15. I think we were "hopeful" more than we were "expecting" a win... just my .02. Either way, the growth of the program has been amazing. Just don't want to count my eggs before they hatch...

Let's get there first...lol.. don't want to jinx this what makes me nervous about the tournament is that most of our appearances (perhaps with the exception of the win at Patricky Gym back in 07) were all unexpected/playing with house money in my opinion. In '06 we had a very solid team, but had never made the tournament and we were going up against a solid VT team with a history of making the tournament and success in it... The last 2 appearances over the last two years were not "expected"/etched in stone.. last year we were 4th in the conference, and the year before that we were 5th... With veteran leadership etc., we were able to "play up", and play with house money. Obviously, with CB's history in the AE tournament we were a credible threat, but it wasn't a shoe-in. I get nervous with all of the talk lol, especially as we have seen how we can sometimes play down to the opposition..

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